Need Help with Presenting a Leadership Case Study: How Do I Answer the Key Question?

Dear All, I have got a Project on Leadership but my sir said not to write much theory he wants a case study on leadership.
I have prepared my ppt. on Narayan Murthy with the help of M. Peer Mohamed Sardhar's PDF which he had posted earlier. Thanks' you sir for the post.
My doubt of how to present a case study has been solved by M. Peer Mohamed Sardar. But Can anyone help me with the answer to the question in this case study?
I need your help. I have never presented any case study before, we are having 11 min to present. Please help me. Please give feedback on my ppt.

Dear Shilpa,

Good attempt to find the leadership skill. Case study questions need to be answered from the moral of the story. Read twice and find the answer from the case study itself.

Dear Shilpa,

Your presentation was overall good, but your sir wanted a case study on leadership, specifically regarding the decision taken by the leader on some matter. Don't add too much write-up about Infosys' background; it's making it boring. Two to three lines can give an interesting sense compared to a whole page. Also, ensure a good layout and remove animations and slides.

That's all! Haha. Okay, bye. All the best.

Dear Shilpa,

It is a good PPT but does not appear like a case study in the real sense. Are you questioning the leadership aspects of Narayan Murthy? Otherwise, where is the dilemma where management or other students would have to analyze and come up with various solutions or viewpoints? Please clarify what exactly is required. It appears from what you have written that your professor wants your group to make a group presentation on Leadership. Is that so? Then present your case on the stage with each member of your group speaking on one aspect of Narayan Murthy and highlighting his leadership qualities. Total presentation time allowed appears to be 11 minutes.

Kindly clarify.

Regards & best wishes,
H. Prasad
Sr. Trainer & Consultant

Shilpa,

I took the liberty to download your slide deck and clean it up a little bit. I have reorganized the information into short bullet points. I have attached the cleaned-up version. Please take a look.

Further, in your original slide deck, there were several references to tables and exhibits, etc., that were not found in the deck. If you make such references, make sure you have the information elsewhere in the deck.

Here are a few suggestions to make the presentation effective and keep it under 11 minutes.

Slide show:

1. Avoid paragraphs and talk in bullet points - less than 15 words per point
2. Keep information relevant to the subject of each slide
3. If you want to put multiple subjects on a slide, use headers (see slides)
4. Expand on N. R. Narayana Murthy's ideology, vision, strategy, and leadership style (some of them are already covered)
5. Avoid too many quotes from anyone (including the man himself) in the middle of the presentation
6. Combine all the quotes from Narayana Murthy into one single slide and put that slide at the end of the deck

Timing:

1. Keep at most 10 to 15 slides - avoid any and all unnecessary information (such as pictures of leaders, quotes from various leaders, etc. You can move these slides to the end of the deck)
2. Avoid (if possible) having more than 10 bullet points per slide
3. Keep extensive (but relevant) notes and add them to the Notes section of each slide

Hope this helps.

All the best.
--Som G

Dear Shilpa,
I agree with Som G. There is too much material on some of the slides. You have too many slides for an 11-minute presentation. Does the 11-minute group presentation include question time too? Could you please copy the question set verbatim? It will help us to give you better advice. Also, when do you have to do the presentation? If you have already done it, could you state how it was received and how long it took?

Have a nice day.

Simhan

A retired academic in the UK

Shilpa,

A good effort made by you and bettered by Som. However, you can make it more interesting and meaningful by discussing a bit more. In a case study, you can give various analyses, scenarios at that time (when Narayan Murthy started), his strategy, competitors in the field, how he sniffed the opportunities and converted them into big business, systems he introduced, values and ethics, cash flows, various aspects of the business, challenges he faced, etc. Then, finally, you can summarize it...

Thank you all,

I was very upset before when there was no response to my post. On Saturday, my presentation was scheduled, but as it was the 5th of September (Teacher's Day), our batch had given a party to our professors, and other groups' presentations were also scheduled. My presentation got postponed to the 11th of September.

Thank you, Som, I was not able to bifurcate that paragraph into bullet points. But the addition and bifurcation that you have done is superb.

Regards,
Shilpa

It is a really pleasant case study. I have applied some of the points from this in my entrepreneur presentation. Thanks a lot for posting such a nice presentation.

Mandar Kulkarni
MBA III Sem.
SRTM University Nanded

Hi Shilpa !!!
As posted below...ur presentation should contain more of bullet points, the team takes intiative to talk...no one is interested seeing a presentation which contain more of writeups to read & less to listen.
u can include mentioned traits of leadership while explaining your case study.
Leadership Charateristics :
1) Performing abilities
2) Initiative
3) Acceptability ( to gain respect & reach sound conclusions)
4) Effective communication
5) Accomplishments ( Quantan of quality work & min. of wastage time).
6) Flexibility ( Cope with changes, ajdust to unexpected).
7) objectivity ( control personal feelings, open minded yet single minded in achieving goal).
8) Command of basic facts ( abt organisation, product, goals & plans, roles & relationship between various depts etc).
Hope this will be useful to you...
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R'gds
Mayur